List of Algerian flags

The following is a list of flags and banners related with Algeria.

National flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962–present	National flag, civil and state ensign	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line.^[1]
		National flag (vertical)

Standards of the head of state

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	1962–present	Presidential flag of Algeria	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line with Arabic scripts written in gold upwards and downwards.^[2]
former
	1955–1956	Flag of Governor-General Jacques Soustelle	A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with the coat of arms of Jacques Soustelle in the center. The shield depicts a lion, a reference to Lyon, Soustelle's birthplace, the cross of Lorraine signifying his affiliation with Free France, seven stars representing the rank of Governor General, a crescent moon as the symbol of Algeria, and the initials J and S.
	1848–1854	Flag of Governor-General Aimable Pélissier	A white swallowtailed banner with a red and blue border and an Arabic script written in blue and red upwards and downwards. The text means "Peace to those who submit - the sand for the unsubdued ones".
	?–1837	Flag of Bey of Constantine	A red flag with a white drawing of the Zulfiqar sword.^[3]
	18th century	Flag of Dey of Algiers	A red flag rounded at the ends with a thin, yellow pile reaching halfway up the field.

Military flags

Land Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
former
	1516–1830	Land forces Flags (Odjak of Algiers)	During the conquest, the French captured about 100 with varying numbers of red and yellow stripes. ^[4]^[5]

Naval Force

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	2004–present	Naval ensign of Algeria	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and white crossed fouled anchors in the canton.^[6]
		Naval jack of Algeria	The national flag in the canton on a light blue field.^[7]
	?–present	Flag of the Commander of a Maritime Region	Triangular white flag with a light blue anchor in the middle.
former
	1987–2004	Naval ensign of Algeria	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.^[6]
		Rank flag of the Commander of the Naval Forces	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line and red crossed fouled anchors in the canton.^[8]
		Rank flag of the Chief of Staff of the Naval Forces	A blue swallowtail flag with a yellow anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
		Rank flag of a flag officer of the Naval Forces	A blue swallowtail flag with a white anchor in the center and two red ones in the canton.
	16th–18th century	Flag of the official in charge of the fleet.	A blue flag with an arm holding sabers.^[9]^[10]
	16th–early 19th century	Naval flag seen on Algerian ships, including privateers.	Two color versions of the red flag with berberian head in the canton.^[11]^[10]
			A red field with skull.
	18th–early 19th century		A red flag with a yellow stripe with a red crescent.

Merchant flag

Flag	Date	Use	Description
former
	after 1848–1910	Merchant flag of French Algeria	The flag consists of 7 horizontal stripes, 3 white, 2 blue and 2 red. The colors are identical to the French national flag, and the form resembles flags from the Regency times The exact rules and years of use of this flag are unknown.^[12]
	16th–18th century	One of the types of merchant flags of Regency of Algiers	The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, 2 blue, 2 red and 1 green.^[9]^[10]
			The flag consists of 5 horizontal stripes, 2 red, 2 yellow and 1 green^[10]
			^[10]
			Horizontal bisection with white above black.^[10]

Police

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	?–present	Flag of the Directorate General for National Security.	A navy blue flag with a white formation emblem, the national emblem is included in the formation emblem.

Scouts

Flag	Date	Use	Description
current
	?–present	Flag of the Algerian Muslim Scouts.	A red flag with the organization's logo, which consists of a white jasmine flower, a green crescent with a yellow motto "كن مستعداً" (en: Be Prepared) and a white ribbon with the red inscription "الجزائر" (en: Algeria).^[13]

Historical flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
Independence movement
	1930s-1963	One of many variants of the flag used before it was standardized	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the star.^[1]^[14]
	1940s–1960s	One of many variants of the flag used by Algierian nationalists before gaining independence.
	1945	Flag of the Sétif revolt	A Horizontal Bicolour of White and Green with a red hand, a crescent moon, a 6 pointed star and an Arabic script written in red in the canton. The script reads Allahu Akbar ("God is great").^[15]
	1940s	Flag of Algerian nationalists from Democratic Union of the Algerian Manifesto.	A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a red hamsa and a red crescent moon.
			A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green with a yellow hamsa.
Resistance to the French conquest of Algeria
	1832–1847	Flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader	A horizontal tricolour of green (top), white and green centered with a golden hamsa cricled by an Arabic script.
	1830s–1840s	Regimental flag of the Emirate of Abdelkader	Yellow-black-yellow tricolor, with hamses placed on all stripes, respectively from the top, at the hoist, in the middle and on the flying side.
		The flag captured by the French with the Emir's tent	A red flag with blue lines, horizontally in the middle and vertically along the hoist.
	pre 1843	The flag captured by the French	Red-green-red tricolor.
	1850s	Flag used by Sherif Boubaghla and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer	4 horizontal stripes of blue, green, yellow and white.
Regency of Algiers
	1516–1830	Flags of the Regency of Algiers	Various versions of the flag with red, yellow and green stripes
	17th century–1830	Army flag of Regency of Algiers	A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with 2 crossed swords in the lower red band.
Corsairs of Algiers
	1516–1546	Flag of Barbarossa	A green swallowtailed field with 2 crossed swords in the center, a 6-pointed pentagram in the fly, 4 crescent moons in each corner and the Shahada or Muslim creed written in the Thuluth script in white in the hoist side.
Kabylia countries (Kingdom of Beni Abbas, Kingdom of Kuku, Emirate of Béjaïa)
	18th–19th century	Banner of the House of Mokrani	A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "Help comes from God, and victory is near".^[16]
	1871	Banner used during Boumezrag El Mokrani's meeting with Napoleon III.	A white field with an Arabic script written in gold in the center and 5 Fleur-de-lis on the hoist side.^[17]^[18]
	18th–mid–19th century	Flag of the Kingdom of Beni Abbas	A horizontal triband of red (top), green and red with an Arabic script written in gold in the center. The text means "God is the best helper".^[19]
	1850s	Flag captured by the French army in the Djurdjura mountains during the conquest of Algeria and attributed to the kingdom of Kuku, but may also originate from Aït Abbas.^[20]	A red field with white hamsa in the center and four crescent moons in the corners.
	14th century	Banner of the Hafsid Emirate of Béjaïa	Red banner with golden crossbows shown by the Castilian Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms, Aragonian Catalan Atlas and many medieval portolan charts. Different sources show different shapes.
Kingdom of Tlemcen
	early 14th century–1556	The most popular version of banner of the Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Iberian sources	A white field with a blue crescent moon in the center.^[21]
	14th century	Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms
	c. 1489	Flag of the Kingdom of Tlemcen on Albino de Canepas' map.	Blue field with white crescent moon in the center.
	13th–early 14th century	Flag from Algiers under Zayyanid on Pietro Vescontes' map.	A white field with a red crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.^[21]
		Flag from Oran under Zayyanid on Pietro Vescontes' map.	A white field with a red key and crescent moon in the center and 3 fringes on the fly.^[21]
	14th century	Flag of Brischan, according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms	A white flag with the black or red seal of Solomon. In the Middle Ages it was an important port of the kingdom of Tlemcen ruled by a council of sheikhs, it is now a ruin near Gouraya.^[22]^[23]^[24]
		Flag of Brischan under Zayyanid dynasty, according to Catalan Atlas
		Flag of Brischan under Zayyanid dynasty, according to Guillem Soler
Other
	14th century	Flag of Constantine under Hafsid dynasty, according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms	Horizontal white and yellow bicolour.
		Flag of Annaba under Hafsid dynasty, according to Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms	A white flag with the black crescent moon.
		Flag of Annaba under Hafsid dynasty, according to Catalan Atlas

Proposed flags

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1962	Proposed flag of French Algeria	A vertical bicolor of green and white with the red crescent encircling the red five-pointed star centered along the dividing line which is on the hoist side with the French tricolour upwards the fly side.

Political flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
current
	1989–present	Rally for Culture and Democracy	Blue flag with the party logo.^[25]
	2001–present	Movement for the self-determination of Kabylie	Main article: Flag of the movement for the autonomy of Kabylia
	1953–present	Party of Liberation	The flag consists of the Black Standard with a white text of the Shahada emblazoned across it in calligraphy style writing.
Former
	1989–1992	Islamic Salvation Front	Red flag with white logo of the ISF, with the groups name in Arabic (الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ) across it. The writing in the box above the logo is from Surah 'Ali `Imran [3:103] of the Quran. (وكنتم على شفا حفرة من النار فأنقذكم منها). Writing at the bottom of the logo states الجبهة الإسلامية الموحدة (en: United Islamic Front).^[26]
	1947–1966	Ba'ath Party	Main article: Flag of the Ba'ath Party
	1920–1962	Algerian Communist Party	A red flag with a white hammer and sickle and the slogan "Pain, Paix, Liberté" (en: Bread, Peace, Liberty).^[27]

Flags of ethnic groups

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	1997–present	Flag of the Amazigh people	Main article: Berber flag
	?–present	Flag of the Chaoui people	A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center.

Red Crescent Society

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	2023–present	Flag of the Algerian Red Crescent	Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and English at the bottom.
	1957-2023		Red Crescent surrounded by the association's names written in Arabic at the top and French at the bottom.

Corporations

Flag	Date	Use	Description
	?–present	Flag of the Algérie Poste	White flag with logo.
		Flag of the Naftal	Yellow flag with logo.
		Flag of the Sonatrach	Orange flag with logo.

Misattributed flags

Flag	Date	Party	Description
	20th century	Erroneous flag of Tuareg confederation Kel Ahaggar	A yellow field with a black letter "z" (ⵣ in Tifinagh) in the center. The symbolism clearly refers to the Berber flag, which was popularized during the Berber Spring in 1980, i.e. after the dissolution of the confederation.
	?	Alleged personal standard of Emir Abdelkader.	The flag was considered to be the emir's personal banner in the French Army Museum, but it may have been confused with Samori Ture.^[28]
	19th century	Erroneous flag of French Algeria	A blue flag with the French tricolor in the canton. Some sources suggest its use in the Algiers Pavilion at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, but this is not certain.^[29]
	17th century	The banner of the Dey of Algiers according to the erroneous description of a 17th century French traveler.	A green flag with a yellow crescent.^[30]

Yacht clubs

Burgee	Flag	Club
		Sport Nautique d'Alger
		Sport Nautique de Philippeville

See also

• Flag of Algeria
• Emblem of Algeria

References

 

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